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I 1607–1789 – QUESTIONS
1. The governmental system created by the US Constitution in 1787 included all of the following EXCEPT
A a provision for ratifying the Constitution
B a provision for creating an Electoral College
C a provision for impeaching the President
D a provision for requiring an annual presidential State of the Union message
E a provision for a two-term limit for presidents
2. The decline of religious zeal led Puritan authorities to
A invite Roger Williams to return to Massachusetts
B support Bacon’s Rebellion
C institute the Halfway Covenant
D protest British mercantile policies
E grant married women more property rights
3. Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatly were
A notable Hudson River School artists
B notable New Light preachers
C notable Quaker abolitionist leaders
D notable colonial American poets
E notable Seneca Falls Convention organizers
4. Which of the following was a key tenet of eighteenth century republicanism?
A the virtues of agrarian life
B survival of the fittest
C the necessity of having a favorable balance of trade
D government dominated by the rich, well-born, and able
E belief that people can create utopian communities based upon the principles of cooperation and
mutual respect
5. Shays’ Rebellion exposed tensions between
A slaves and planters
B loyalists and patriots
C debtors and creditors
D federalists and anti-federalists
E former indentured servants and the Tidewater gentry
6. The Battle of Saratoga was important because it
A convinced Great Britain to revoke the Coercive Acts
B convinced France to openly support the American cause
C convinced Jackson to defend New Orleans
D convinced Great Britain to end the War of 1812
E convinced Lee to invade Pennsylvania
7. Which of the following was NOT true of the Great Awakening?
A It spread a renewed missionary spirit that led to the conversion of many African slaves.
B It was energized by itinerant preachers such as George Whitefield.
C It led to an increase in the number of women in church congregations.
D It created divisions within both the Congregational and the Presbyterian churches.
E It primarily impacted merchants and townspeople in port cities such as Philadelphia and Boston.
8. Which of the following was the most important consequence of the French and Indian War?
A The Iroquois Confederacy emerged as the strongest Native American alliance in the southern
colonies.
B The colonies forged a strong political alliance.
C Great Britain gained control over American lands east of the Mississippi but also inherited a large
war debt.
D Great Britain opened lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlers.
E Great Britain adopted new mercantile laws to encourage the colonies to develop their own
munitions industry.
9. Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676 illustrates the tension between
A Federalists and Anti-Federalists
B New England and the Chesapeake colonies
C Puritans and religious dissidents
D Former indentured servants and the Tidewater gentry
E Massachusetts farmers and their creditors
10. In an expanding Republic, so many different groups and viewpoints would be included in the Congress
that tyranny by the majority would be impossible. The statement above expresses the views of
A John Winthrop in this “city on a hill” sermon
B Roger Williams in a sermon supporting the Halfway Covenant
C James Madison in the Federalist Papers
D Patrick Henry in a speech opposing ratification of the Constitution
E Daniel Shays in a letter explaining why Massachusetts farmers favored increased circulation of
paper currency
11. Which of the following is a correct statement about English indentured servants?
A They helped suppress Bacon’s Rebellion.
B They instigated the Stono Rebellion.
C They were the primary source of agricultural labor in Virginia and Maryland before 1675.
D They greatly outnumbered African slaves in every southern colony by 1776.
E They supported Roger Williams and other Massachusetts dissidents.
12. Anne Hutchinson is most noted for her
A poems about frontier life
B unorthodox religious views
C outspoken support for women’s suffrage
D emotional First Great Awakening sermons
E opposition to slavery
13. Which of the following was the most important cash crop in the Chesapeake colonies during the
seventeenth century?
A cotton
D indigo
B tobacco
E sugar
C rice
14. The primary purpose of the Stamp Act was to
A support New Light colleges in New England
B reform the Navigation Acts
C protect the infant industries in New England
D raise revenue for the British government
E increase colonial representation in Parliament
15. Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put
such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If
particular care is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a revolution.
The statement above was made by
A Anne Hutchinson urging Jonathan Edwards to give women a greater role in the Great Awakening.
B Anne Bradstreet urging Patrick Henry to support the formation of a Daughters of Liberty.
C Abigal Adams urging her husband John Adams to become an advocate for greater rights for
women.
D Andrew Jackson urging delegates to the 1832 Democratic convention to extend the suffrage to
white women.
E W.E.B. Du Bois urging delegates to the first meeting of the NAACP to fight for equal rights for all
citizens.
16. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
A provided free land for settlers in the Northwest Territory
B called for a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation
C influenced Jefferson’s theory of natural rights
D banned slavery from the Northwest Territory
E granted Great Britain temporary control over a number of frontier Forts
17. All of the following statements about British mercantilist polices are true EXCEPT:
A They impeded the growth of colonial manufacturing.
B They were implemented by the Navigation Acts.
C They were not rigorously enforced prior to 1763.
D They reduced colonial consumption of French and Dutch goods.
E They encouraged other European powers to establish colonies in North America.
18. Conservative leaders such as George Washington and Alexander Hamilton believed that Shays’
Rebellion demonstrated the need for
A a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation
B more just slave codes
C more paper currency to ease the problems of debtors
D a strong alliance with France
E greater tolerance of unorthodox religious views
19. The Great Compromise
A created a bicameral Congress
B created the Electoral College
C resolved a dispute between the free states and the slave states
D established the Supreme Court
E allowed the President to negotiate treaties that had to be ratified by the Senate
20. For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us. So that if
we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we shall have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His
present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world.
The statement above was made by
A George Whitefield preaching to a mass gathering during the Great Awakening.
B John Winthrop expressing his belief that the Puritan colonists had a special pact with God to
build a model Christian society.
C Lord Baltimore defining the purpose of the Maryland colony.
D Roger Williams defending the excessive religiosity of the Puritans.
E Thomas Paine urging Americans to reject British sovereignty and create an independent nation.
II 1790–1915 – QUESTIONS
1. William Lloyd Garrison’s newspaper, The Liberator, was dedicated to
A promoting utopian communities
B supporting women’s temperance
C opposing temperance
D defending labor unions
E advocating abolitionism
2. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Marbury v. Madison established the principle of
A federalism
B gerrymandering
C judicial review
D states’ rights
E strict scrutiny
3. The Black Codes passed by southern states in the years immediately following the Civil War were
intended to
A implement President Johnson’s executive order to redistribute land to the former slaves
B implement the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
C limit the power of the former planter aristocracy
D limit the civil rights of former slaves
E extend voting rights to former slaves
4. Muckrakers were writers who
A exposed corruption and social injustice during the Progressive Era
B urged President McKinley to annex the Philippines
C opposed passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
D exposed racial injustice in the South
E criticized consumerism and rampant materialism during the 1920s
5. The Populist Party platform included a call for all of the following EXCEPT
A an end to discriminatory freight rates
B direct election of United States senators
C legislation to raise tariffs
D free coinage of silver
E legislation to increase the market power of farmers
6. Frederick Jackson Turner was the first historian to
A analyze the effects of an open frontier on American national development
B analyze the impact of immigration on nativist political movements
C analyze the contributions of third party movements
D compare and contrast the goals of the Populist and Progressive movements
E compare and contrast the New Deal and Great Society programs
7. Members of the Ashcan school of art are best known for their paintings of
A religious themes
B landscapes
C battle scenes and military commanders
D skyscrapers and bridges
E urban barrooms and tenements
8. Which of the following best exemplifies “big stick” diplomacy?
A The construction of the Panama Canal
B The use of American banks to refinance the foreign debt of Nicaragua
C The agreements reached at the Washington Naval Conference
D The US decision to sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact
E The proclamation of the Stimson Doctrine
9. Which of the following is true of the Missouri Compromise?
A It opened most of the Louisiana Territory to slavery.
B It accepted the principle of popular sovereignty.
C It inflamed the political crisis over slavery.
D It failed to maintain the balance between free and slave states in the US Senate.
E It provided for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
10. Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A The demise of the Whig Party
B The emergence of the Republican Party
C The migration of Exodusters to Kansas
D The outbreak of fighting in Kansas
E The heightening of sectional tensions
11. Theodore Roosevelt’s views on the importance of naval power were most strongly influenced by the
writings of
A Frederick Jackson Turner
B Ida B. Wells
C Jacob Riis
D Alfred Thayer Mahan
E Upton Sinclair
12. The “Trail of Tears” refers to
A The forced relocation of slaves from Virginia and Maryland to the Deep South
B The forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II
C The New Immigrants who were forced to return to Europe
D The relocation of Native Americans to the Indian Territory
E The route Lee’s army followed after the Battle of Gettysburg
13. Which of the following Presidents is most closely associated with the expansion of white male suffrage?
A George Washington
B John Adams
C James Madison
D John Quincy Adams
E Andrew Jackson
14. During the Progressive Era, women reformers were involved in all of the following EXCEPT
A Campaigns to promote civil rights legislation to abolish segregation
B Campaigns to support anti-lynching laws
C Campaigns to support women’s suffrage
D Campaigns to limit the working hours of women
E Campaigns to sponsor child labor legislation
15. Unlike Democratic-Republicans such as Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and his followers
supported
A a reduction in the scope and activities of the federal government
B a pro-France foreign policy
C a protective tariff and a national bank
D an agrarian way of life
E a strong states’ rights policy
16. This treaty must of course be laid before both Houses, because both have important functions to
exercise respecting it. They, I presume, will see their duty to their country in ratifying and paying for it, so as
to secure a goal which would otherwise probably be never again in their power. But I suppose they must
then appeal to the nation for an additional article to the Constitution, approving and confirming an act which
the nation had notpreviously authorized.
This statement was made by
A Thomas Jefferson about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory
B James Polk about the Wilmot Proviso
C Franklin Pierce about the Ostend Manifesto
D William McKinley about the annexation of the Philippines
E Theodore Roosevelt about the acquisition of the Panama Canal Zone
17. Jane Addams is most closely associated with the
A abolitionist movement
D Transcendentalist movement
B settlement house movement
E Hudson River School movement
C temperance movement
18. Marcus Garvey is remembered as an African American leader who
A promoted the talented tenth
B promoted black pride and black nationalism
C advocated accommodation to white society
D advocated nonviolent civil disobedience
E organized the March on Washington
19. Contraband was a term used to describe
A a technique used to disfranchise black voters during Reconstruction
B colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain
C runaway slaves who fled to the Union lines
D Irish immigrants who moved to Boston in the 1840s
E Whigs who supported popular sovereignty
20. The House of Representatives impeached Andrew Johnson because he
A obstructed Radical Reconstruction
B worked to repeal the Black Codes
C opposed the Homestead Act
D opposed the Thirteenth Amendment
E proposed the Compromise of 1877
21. The case of Dartmouth College v. Woodward established the principle
A that the Supreme Court had the authority to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional
B that a state cannot tax an agency of the federal government
C that a state cannot encroach on a contract
D that state legislatures must be reapportioned to represent the principle of “one man, one vote.”
E that the Bill of Rights implies a right to privacy
22. The founders of the American Colonization Society worked to
A promote settlements in the Louisiana Territory
B concentrate Native Americans on reservations west of the Appalachian Mountains
C improve the condition of Irish immigrants in America
D encourage immigrants to settle in the South
E return freed slaves to west coast of Africa
23. McGuffey Readers (or Eclectic Readers) featured stories that
A taught the basic principles of Transcendentalism
B taught young readers how to understand Hudson River School Paintings
C intensified opposition to slavery
D promoted patriotism and moral values
E encouraged young readers to oppose unjust laws
24. The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893
A celebrated American technological progress
B revived the Ghost Dance
C featured the debut of the film The Birth of a Nation
D rallied public support for the labor movement
E endorsed the goals of the Populist Party
25. Upon these considerations, it is the opinion of the court that the act of Congress which prohibited a
citizen from holding and owning property of this kind in the territory of the United States north of the line
therein mentioned, is not warranted by the Constitution, and is therefore void; and that neither the plaintiff
himself, nor any of his family, were made free by being carried into this territory; even if they had been
carried there by the owner, who intended to become a permanent resident.
The act of Congress referred to in the passage was the
A Land Ordinance of 1785
D Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
B Missouri Compromise
E Fugitive Slave Act
C Wilmot Proviso
26. All of the following statements about the Monroe Doctrine are true EXCEPT:
A It asserted American independence in foreign policy.
B It warned European nations that the American continents were no longer open to colonization.
C It expressed the belief that European monarchies are antithetical to American republican
institutions.
D It was a unilateral declaration of principles.
E It expressed a desire for a closer alliance with Great Britain.
27. Henry Clay’s American System called for
A the gradual abolition of slavery
B a strict policy of neutrality in international affairs
C a federal system of government based upon a division of power between state and national
governments
D internal improvements that would promote increased trade among America’s different regions
E state banks to replace the Second Bank of the United States
28. Between 1880 and 1920, the United States drew the most immigrants from
A Ireland and Germany
B England and France
C Canada and Mexico
D Italy and Russia
E China and Japan
29. Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Civil Disobedience”
A was a response to the Indian Wars that later influenced passage of the Dawes Act
B was a response to the Mexican War that later influenced Dr. King’s strategy of nonviolent
marches
C was a response to the War of 1812 that later influenced the Monroe Doctrine
D was a response to the Know-Nothings that later influenced the Immigration Act of 1965
E was a response to the Spanish-American War that later influenced the Cuban Missile Crisis.
30. The great principle is the right of every community to judge and decide for itself whether a thing is right
or wrong … It is no answer to this argument to say that slavery is an evil, and hence should not be tolerated.
You must allow the people to decide for themselves whether it is good or evil.
In this passage from his debates with Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas explained the doctrine of
A states’ rights that was embodied in the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession
B segregation that was later embodied in the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
C popular sovereignty that was embodied in the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D nullification that was used by John C. Calhoun to oppose the Tariff of Abominations
E imperialism that was later used by McKinley to justify the annexation of the Philippines
31. The religious spirit of the Second Great Awakening led many reformers to
A oppose the annexation of the Philippines
B oppose Manifest Destiny
C oppose Margaret Sanger’s campaign for birth control
D regard slavery with renewed hostility
E support the Populist program to regulate the railroads
32. The purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887 was to
A force Native Americans to give up tribal lands and become self-sufficient farmers
B concentrate Native Americans on compact reservations
C exclude all Chinese immigrants from coming to the United States
D curb the power of labor unions
E set up a Civil Service Commission
33. Texas remained an independent republic for nine years because
A Daniel Webster threatened to invoke the doctrine of nullification to prevent the admission of
another slave state
B Southern politicians were more interested in annexing Cuba
C the residents of Texas preferred to remain an independent “Lone Star Republic”
D President Jackson wanted to avoid a war with Mexico
E President Jackson feared the debate over the admission of Texas would spark renewed sectional
controversy over the expansion of slavery
34. Henry Grady and other leaders of the “New South” movement in the late nineteenth century advocated
A gradually relaxing Jim Crow segregation laws
B building a more diversified economy in the South
C encouraging immigrants from southern and eastern Europe to settle in the South
D forming strong labor unions to represent textile workers
E reviving a tobacco-based economy
35. The Cult of Domesticity
A idealized women in their roles as nurturing mothers and faithful Wives
B supported the Lowell experiment in New England factories
C supported the Declaration of Sentiments issued by the Seneca Falls Convention
D encouraged women to join utopian communities
E encouraged women to support the Homestead Act
36. This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: to consider all surplus revenues which come to
him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer and strictly bound as a matter of duty to
administer in the manner which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for
the community – the man of wealth thus becoming the mere agent and trustee for his poorer brethren.
These sentiments reflect
A John D. Rockefeller’s theory of horizontal integration
B Frederick W. Taylor’s theory of scientific management
C Robert Owen’s principles of how to form a utopian community
D Andrew Carnegie’s belief in the Gospel of Wealth
E Samuel Gomper’s criticism of the robber barons
37. Which state would have been most likely to cast its electoral votes for William Jennings Bryan in the
1896 presidential election?
A Kansas
B Ohio
C New York
D California
E Pennsylvania
38. D.W. Griffith’s film The Birth of a Nation used innovative production techniques to
A produce Hollywood’s first “talkie”
B dramatize the firing on Fort Sumter
C portray the Ghost Dance
D glamorize the rise of the Ku Klux Klan
E reenact the signing of the Declaration of Independence
39. Frederick Douglass was America’s foremost
A black abolitionist
B supporter of manifest destiny
C advocate of naval power
D educational reformer
E Progressive Era reformer
40. The Open Door was intended to support American trading opportunities in
A Latin America
B China
C Japan
D West Africa
E the Philippines
41. Emilio Aguinaldo was
A a Mexican rebel leader who “invaded” New Mexico
B the leader of the Viet Minh who defeated the French
C the leader of the Filipino resistance fighters
D the co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association
E the Cuban leader who was overthrown by Castro
42. In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things
essential to material progress … The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of
racial equality is the extremist folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to
use must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing.
This quote reflects the views of
A W.E.B. Du Bois
D Marcus Garvey
B Booker T. Washington
E William Lloyd Garrison
C Ida B. Wells
43. All of the following people are correctly matched with the reform movement they led EXCEPT
A Dorothea Dix ... mentally ill
D Ida B. Wells ... anti-lynching
B Horace Mann ... education
E Margaret Sanger ... temperance
C Jane Addams ... urban poor
44. Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about the antebellum South?
A The presence of slaves discouraged immigrants from moving to the South.
B The majority of white families in the antebellum South were independent yeoman farmers who
owned few, if any, slaves.
C The South lagged behind the North in industrial development and trade.
D The South’s commitment to growing cotton slowed urban growth.
E By the 1830s thoughtful southerners recognized that slavery was a “necessary evil” that would
have to be gradually abolished.
45. The Fourteenth Amendment
A abolished slavery
B provided for equal protection of the laws for all citizens
C extended the suffrage to black males
D gave Congress the right to tax income
E provided for the direct election of United States Senators
III 1915–2000 – QUESTIONS
1. The Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and NATO were all influenced by
A Turner’s frontier thesis
B Kennan’s essay on containment
C Mahan’s book on sea power
D Eisenhower’s military-industrial speech
E Washington’s Farewell Address
2. The primary domestic issue during the Carter administration was
A stagflation
D human rights
B welfare reform
E education reform
C tariff policy
3. All of the following foreign policies are correctly matched with a President EXCEPT
A Taft ... Dollar Diplomacy
B Truman ... Containment
C Eisenhower ... Massive retaliation
D Nixon ... Détente
E Carter ... Brinksmanship
4. What triggered the shift of African American voters to the Democratic Party?
A Coolidge’s New Era prosperity
B Hoover’s decision to create the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
C Roosevelt’s New Deal programs
D Truman’s executive order to integrate the armed forces
E Eisenhower’s decision to send federal troops to Little Rock
5. Which of the following was a key problem in the American economy just prior to 1929?
A low tariffs
D overproduction and underconsumption
B rising prices for agricultural goods
E crippling railroad strikes
C rising unemployment
6. “The history of life on earth has been a history of interaction between living things and their surroundings.
To a large extent, the physical form and the habits of the earth’s vegetation and its animal life have been
molded by the environment…The most alarming of all man’s assaults upon the environment is the
contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials.”
The passage above is from
A The Other America by Michael Harrington
B On the Road by Jack Kerouac
C The Organization Man by William H. Whyte
D How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
E Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
7. All of the following contributed to the climate of McCarthyism in the 1950s EXCEPT
A The execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for giving atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
B The House Un-American Activities Committee’s investigation of Alger Hiss.
C The Soviet Union’s successful test of a hydrogen bomb.
D The “fall of China” to Communists led by Mao Zedong.
E The “fall of Turkey” to Soviet influence
8. “The very basis of our individual rights and freedoms rest upon the certainty that the President and the
Executive Branch of Government will support and insure the carrying out of the decisions of the federal
courts, even, when necessary, with all the means at the President’s command.”
Which of the following Presidents made this statement?
A President Jackson explaining his decision to enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling in Worcester v. Georgia.
B President Theodore Roosevelt explaining his decision to send federal troops to end the Anthracite Coal
Strike of 1902.
C President Eisenhower explaining his decision to send federal troops to Little Rock to enforce
desegregation orders.
D President Nixon explaining his decision to use federal troops to restore order at Kent State University.
E President Truman explaining his decision to integrate the armed forces.
9. The primary purpose of the National Origins Act of 1924 was to restrict the flow of immigration from
A Asia and Latin America
B Mexico and the Caribbean
C Mexico and Canada
D Northern and Western Europe
E Southern and Eastern Europe
10. The “zoot-suit” riot was the name given to
A disturbances caused by hippies at the Woodstock Music Festival
B attacks by sailors on Mexican American youth in Los Angeles in 1943
C protests by members of the Anti-Imperialist League opposed to the annexation of the Philippines
D attacks by police on antiwar demonstrators at the 1968 Chicago Democratic convention
E conflict between the police and antiwar demonstrators in Washington, D.C. following the Kent
State shooting in 1970
11. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution marked an important turning point in the Vietnam War because
A Congress rejected the Geneva Accords and the United States replaced France as the dominant
Western power in South Vietnam
B Congress granted President Johnson sweeping authority to escalate military action in Vietnam
C Congress approved the domino theory as the official U.S. foreign policy in Indochina.
D Congress endorsed President Nixon’s policy of Vietnamization
E Congress placed restrictions on a President’s ability to wage wars
12. Which of the following is best described as an outpouring of black cultural achievements during the
1920s?
A The Talented Tenth Movement
D The Beat Generation
B The Niagara Movement
E The Harlem Renaissance
C The Lost Generation
13. The Immigration Act of 1965 was significant because it
A led to a new wave of immigration from Latin America and Asia
B led to a renewed wave of immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe
C strengthened the quotas in the National Origins Act of 1924
D continued to enforce the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
E introduced a new Open Door policy of immigration
14. A painting of a can of Campbell’s Soup by Andy Warhol would be most closely associated with which of
the following artistic schools?
A The Hudson River School
D Abstract Expressionism
B The Romantic movement
E Pop Art
C The Ashcan artists
15. President Reagan’s primary foreign policy objective was to
A overthrow Castro
B repudiate the treaties giving Panama control over the Panama Canal
C promote human rights in Africa
D confront and contain the Soviet Union
E continue the Good Neighbor Policy in Latin America
16. Which of the following events did NOT happen in 1968?
A The assassination of Dr. King
B President Johnson’s announcement that he would not run for reelection
C The shooting of four students at Kent State
D The Tet Offensive
E The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
17. Which of the following books influenced President Johnson’s decision to declare a war on poverty?
A A Century of Dishonor by Helen Hunt Jackson
B How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
C The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
D The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
E The Other America by Michael Harrington
18. President Wilson’s Fourteen Points included a call for
A an International Monetary Fund
B recognition of the Soviet Union
C self-determination of peoples
D secret agreements with Great Britain
E a global currency
19. The policies of Lyndon Johnson differed most consistently from those of Franklin D. Roosevelt in which
area?
A support for the arts
D government-sponsored employment programs
B help for the elderly
E civil rights legislation
C increased federal spending for social services
20. The racial integration of the armed forces of the United States first occurred during which war?
A World War I
D the Vietnam War
B World War II
E the Iraq War
C the Korean War
21. All of the following home front developments occurred during World War II EXCEPT
A The forced relocation of Japanese Americans on the West Coast
B The hiring of millions of women in defense industries
C The migration of African Americans from the South to cities in the North and West
D The zoot-suit riot in Los Angeles
E Franklin Roosevelt’s decision to not seek a fourth term
22. Which of the following was associated with the increased radicalization of some African Americans
during the 1960s?
A The sit-in movement
B The Freedom Riders
C The demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama
D The March on Washington
E The selection of Stokely Carmichael to lead the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC)
23. Supporters of the Social Gospel believed that
A In human society, as in nature, only the fittest will survive
B America’s churches have a moral responsibility to take the lead in actively confronting social
problems
C truth and self-knowledge can be found in nature
D the wealthy have a responsibility to regard their surplus fortunes as a trust to be administered for
the benefit of the community
E labor unions should unify all working men and women into one national union
24. Members of the Beat Generation are best characterized as
A teenagers who listened to the music of Elvis Presley and other early rock and roll singers
B hippies who joined counterculture communes
C Dixicrats who walked out of the 1948 Democratic convention
D writers who rejected America’s mindless conformity during the 1950s
E writers who exposed elements of society needing reform
25. Which of the following was a demographic phenomenon in the United States between 1980 and 2000?
A A large-scale movement of people to cities in the Northeast
B A decrease in the number of service workers
C A new wave of immigrants from Latin America and Asia
D An increase in the farm population
E A decrease in the proportion of the population over sixty-five
26. Under Earl Warren’s leadership, the United States Supreme Court did which of the following?
A Upheld the supremacy of state legislation over federal legislation
B Issued landmark decisions that defined the rights of accused criminals
C Issued landmark decisions that strengthened the position of big business
D Upheld the constitutionality of the Japanese internment as a wartime necessity
E Narrowed the meaning and effectiveness of the Fourteenth Amendment
27. The Camp David Accords
A announced Nixon’s policy of Vietnamization
B ended the Vietnam War
C established a new era of détente with the Soviet Union
D formally established diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China
E ended 30 years of intermittent hostility between Egypt and Israel
28. Eleanor Roosevelt is best remembered as a champion of
A women’s rights and civil rights during the New Deal era
B the League of Nations during the Senate ratification debate
C the Great Society’s War on Poverty
D the election of United States Senators by popular vote
E the use of Reaganomics to revive the U.S. economy
29. President Kennedy’s objective in the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 was to
A overthrow the Khrushchev government in the Soviet Union
B overthrow the Castro government in Cuba
C overthrow the Ho Chi Minh government in North Vietnam
D defend American rights in South Korea
E defend American rights in West Berlin
30. All of the following statements about the federal government in the 1920s are true EXCEPT
A antipoverty programs were expanded
B scandals tarnished the Harding administration
C tax rates for the wealthy were reduced
D tariffs were raised
E antitrust regulations were ignored
31. John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath
A was originally written as a political commentary on free silver and the plight of American farmers
B was originally written as a social satire on the excessive materialism of American life in the 1920s
C was originally written as a political commentary on labor Strife in the 1930s
D captured the ordeal of the Plains Indians as they lost their land to the settlers
E captured the ordeal faced by Oakies as they fled the Dust Bowl
32. The primary purpose of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) under the leadership of John L.
Lewis was to organize
A unskilled and semiskilled factory workers in basic manufacturing Industries such as steel and
automobiles
B skilled workers in craft unions for economic gains
C all industrial and agricultural workers into “one big union”
D students and workers into a Social-Democratic labor party
E migrant farm workers into a union of agricultural laborers
33. Which of the following did NOT happen during the 1920s?
A Making “dollar down, dollar a week” down payments
B Buying a Model T automobile
C Listening to a radio account of Lindbergh’s flight across the Atlantic
D Watching an episode of I Love Lucy on TV
E Watching a new “talkie” movie
34. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, America adopted an overall strategy of
A defeating Japan first
B defeating Germany first
C devoting equal resources to both the European and Japanese fronts
D turning North America into an impregnable military fortress
E trying to reach a negotiated settlement with Hitler
35. Betty Friedan is best known as the
A author of The Feminist Mystique and a founder of the National Organization for Women(NOW)
B most outspoken opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment
C most outspoken opponent of nuclear power
D Supreme Court justice who wrote the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade
E Secretary of State who accompanied Nixon on his visit to China